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According to The Block, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated that the widespread adoption of dollar-pegged stablecoins in Nigeria is challenging the country's existing monetary policy and regulatory framework.The IMF pointed out that the devaluation of the naira, high inflation, and limited access to official foreign exchange are driving local households and small to medium-sized enterprises to turn to stablecoins for cross-border payments and to hedge against exchange rate risks.

According to Cointelegraph, SpaceX's stock price broke through $220 in overnight trading, with a market value approaching $2.9 trillion, just $100 billion away from surpassing Microsoft.

According to Crowdfund Insider, the Chairperson of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Laura Liang, stated at the Caixin Summer Summit that Hong Kong will continue to expand its digital asset regulatory framework and promote the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial services sector to consolidate its position as an international financial center.Laura Liang pointed out that regulatory agencies will improve the institutional framework around areas such as digital asset trading, custody, investment consulting, and asset management, while adhering to the regulatory principle of "same business, same risks, same rules," achieving a balance between innovation and investor protection.She stated that as the application of AI in the financial industry accelerates, regulatory focus will include potential risks such as model reliability, algorithm bias, data privacy, and cybersecurity, emphasizing that financial institutions need to strengthen risk management during the innovation process.In addition, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and relevant regulatory agencies have expanded the regulatory sandbox mechanism, allowing financial institutions to test generative AI applications in a controlled environment to promote technological implementation and compliant development. Analysts believe that Hong Kong is further enhancing the openness and standardization of its financial markets through a dual regulatory framework for digital assets and AI, while also increasing its competitiveness in the global capital markets.

According to CriptoNoticias, Chilean judicial authorities have launched an investigation into the cryptocurrency platform Plusspay, accusing it of providing a money laundering channel for the multinational criminal organization Aragua Train.The investigation shows that the platform may have exchanged local fiat currency for Tether, USD stablecoins, and other stablecoins through multiple affiliated companies, and used the Chilean banking system to transfer funds, with the scale of related suspicious fund flows exceeding 84 million dollars.

According to BBX data, last week institutional research qualitatively shifted historically, with Bitcoin reserve companies accelerating deleveraging. The core dynamics are as follows:Geoffrey Kendrick, Global Head of Digital Asset Research at Standard Chartered PLC (LSE: $STAN), released a research report on June 12, officially declaring that "the crypto winter is likely over." He believes that the $59,000 level for Bitcoin has formed the low point of this bear market cycle, marking a significant turning point in market sentiment. Kendrick stated that a large amount of IPO allocation funds will flow back into risk assets after the SpaceX IPO, and the funding flow for Bitcoin spot ETFs is expected to achieve a structural reversal after this adjustment, combined with the continuous expansion of corporate reserve demand, supporting his view with three factors. This is the strongest "bear end" qualitative statement from institutional research so far in 2026— the last similar clear statement came from the same team at Standard Chartered in December 2023, after which Bitcoin confirmed a breakthrough of historical highs in 2024.Nakamoto Inc. (NASDAQ: $NAKA) (Nashville, a Bitcoin operating company, also operating Bitcoin Magazine) disclosed a series of balance sheet optimization measures through an official press release on BusinessWire on June 11: selling approximately 600 BTC and Bitcoin-related derivatives, netting about $48 million, to repay a $45 million loan to Kraken (Payward Interactive); the remaining loan balance is $165 million USDT (down from the original $210 million), restructured under new terms: $60 million USDT maturing on December 4, 2026, and $105 million USDT extended to June 30, 2027; the new interest rate is reduced to 7.75% (previously 8%), requiring the maintenance of 2,000 BTC as collateral in a Bitwise Asset Management custodial account, saving approximately $4 million in annual financing costs; the board also approved a $25 million stock repurchase plan (as of December 31, 2026). After the transaction, the company holds approximately 4,467 BTC (approximately $284 million, estimated at recent prices); the company previously completed a 1-for-40 reverse stock split at the end of May and received confirmation from Nasdaq on June 9 that it has restored compliance with the minimum $1 share price requirement; after the news was announced, $NAKA briefly rose about 20% during trading.

Crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett posted on the X platform that if the United States wants to complete the legislative process for the CLARITY Act before July 4, it needs to complete all the following steps within two weeks: find a conflict of interest resolution acceptable to both parties, address issues in the Agriculture Committee text, merge the versions from both the House and Senate, secure 60 votes of support, and complete voting in both chambers.She believes that the above timeline is logically impossible to achieve.

The China Securities Regulatory Commission announced that it has approved the initial public offering registration of Changxin Technology Group Co., Ltd.

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has listed three "exiovip" related websites as suspicious virtual asset trading platforms, according to a report from the licensed virtual asset trading platform EXIO Limited. One of the websites is a fraudulent site, and the other two websites have no connection to EXIO Limited.In addition, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has also listed "chenguanginvestment" as a suspicious website, clarifying that this website has no connection to the licensed institution Capital International.

According to official news, Binance announced that the Full Payment Securities Lending (FPSL) service is officially launched, allowing users to earn passive income by lending out stocks. It is reported that FPSL is a common securities lending mechanism in traditional financial markets, usually facilitated by brokers or custodians, which lends out securities held and unused by investors to institutions that need to short sell, arbitrage, or provide market making.

According to market news, Japan is reclassifying cryptocurrencies as financial instruments under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, similar to the framework for stocks and bonds. The House of Representatives has passed the bill. It lowers the tax rate on cryptocurrency gains from a maximum of 55% (miscellaneous income) to a unified 20% capital gains tax rate and opens the door for cryptocurrency ETFs, with related regulations set to take effect in 2027.

According to Gate market data, the Nasdaq fell by 2% in late trading, the Dow Jones fell by 1.6%, and the S&P 500 index fell by 1.5%.

According to Fortune, Mastercard has announced a new protocol called Agent Pay for AI, allowing AI agents to make payments and conduct small transfers among themselves— for example, automatically paying when an AI agent retrieves data from a website in segments. The protocol stores the permissions granted to AI agents by humans on the blockchain, initially using the Polygon network to ensure transparency and verifiability, allowing multiple parties to verify whether the agents are acting as instructed.Companies like Adyen, Coinbase, and Cloudflare are collaborating with Mastercard to develop this protocol. Mastercard's Chief Product Officer Jorn Lambert stated that this protocol will not become a major source of revenue in the short term, but it is expected to develop into a significant new market over the next five years.Giants like Visa, Stripe, Coinbase, and Google are actively laying out AI payment protocols, jointly promoting the future of "machine-to-machine payments" and AI chatbots dominating e-commerce transactions; however, the current volume of agent-based payments remains relatively small.

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission further interpreted the circular issued on May 22. The frequently asked questions (Question 9) in the circular mentioned that licensed companies in Hong Kong can continue to open new accounts for investors from mainland China (i.e., investors using Chinese resident identity cards and/or Chinese passports as identification documents), but must comply with all account opening regulations.The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission stated that licensed companies in Hong Kong can continue to provide services to existing clients from mainland China, provided that such services are not offered within mainland China and that they have complied with all relevant laws and regulatory requirements of Hong Kong and applicable jurisdictions. The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission also noted that it is aware of the notice jointly issued by the mainland authorities on May 22, 2026, and that the relevant requirements also apply to financial institutions in other jurisdictions (not limited to Hong Kong) when providing services to investors from mainland China.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, the probability of the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Josh Hart: Assists O/U 1.5" for the event "Spurs vs. Knicks" on the prediction market Polymarket has experienced significant fluctuations, rising from 67.5% an hour ago to the current 91% (a fluctuation of 23.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to The Information, OpenAI is negotiating a 20-year lease agreement, which will become its largest infrastructure investment commitment to date. Nvidia has discussed providing credit support for the project.

According to Bits.media, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas stated that the EU plans to restrict 11 cryptocurrency platforms in the 21st round of sanctions, claiming that these platforms assist Russian authorities and businesses in evading international sanctions. The new measures will also tighten the ban on providing cryptocurrency-related services to third countries, expand the sanctions list, and prohibit transactions with these 11 cryptocurrency platforms, although the names of the platforms have not been disclosed.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated that the new sanctions aim to increase pressure on the structures that help Russia maintain international financial channels. In addition, the new sanctions will involve about 90 Russian banks, of which 31 may face a complete trading ban. The EU has already imposed sanctions on cryptocurrency transfer and exchange service providers registered in Russia in the 20th round of sanctions, which took effect on May 24.

The State Duma of Russia has passed a cryptocurrency tax reform bill submitted by the government in the first reading, aiming to further clarify the tax rules related to digital assets. According to the draft, the taxable base for cryptocurrency transactions will be calculated based on the positive difference between income and costs, allowing investors to offset gains and losses from digital currencies and foreign digital rights assets within the same tax period.The bill also requires brokers and trust management institutions to fulfill the obligation of withholding and paying personal income tax in cryptocurrency and foreign digital rights transactions, and to retain relevant transaction vouchers for at least five years. At the corporate level, except for cryptocurrency mining, income and expenditure related to foreign trade involving digital assets will be included in the corporate income tax base, and foreign digital rights assets will also be treated as cryptocurrency for tax purposes.In addition, the Budget and Tax Committee of the State Duma of Russia has suggested further amendments to the bill in the second reading, requiring licensed cryptocurrency exchange platforms to assume tax agency functions, directly withholding personal income tax when users buy and sell cryptocurrencies. If the final legislation is passed, Russia's regulatory system for digital asset taxation will be further improved.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the prediction market Polymarket for the "Spurs vs. Knicks" event, the "is" option for the sub-market "Stephon Castle: Assists O/U 6.5" experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win probability, dropping from 55% an hour ago to the current 37.5% (a fluctuation of 17.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to Gate market data, the three major U.S. stock indices rebounded during the session, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average turning positive first, the S&P 500 index's decline narrowing to 0.5%, and the Nasdaq's decline narrowing to 1.2%.